The church criticizes gays, Muslims, and Catholics, and is perhaps best known for protesting at funerals of gay soldiers. This time it was targeting the Mazzoni Center, calling it a “running sore” in the community.

Just four members turned up though, according to CBS Philly, and were met by a large crowd with colourful LGBTQ flags and tongue-in-cheek placards.

Footage shows Team ‘hellfire awaits’ being swamped by anti-hate revellers.

The ‘Great Wall of Love’ Facebook page invited people to take part in a “very peaceful blockade to shield the patients of the Mazzoni Center” and pulled in 3,000 expressions of interest.

“WBC uses their protests as a way to earn money – they do so by trying to rile up counter-protesters and police in the hopes that they do something WBC can sue them for. Do not engage with WBC,” the demo page stated.